MATERIALS RELATING TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE CENTER'S VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR YOUNG INMATES ARE PRESENTED TO SHOW A DEVELOPMENTAL PICTURE OF THE PROGRAM. OF 650 INMATES, 372 APPLIED FOR TRAINING, 50-60 WERE REFERRED TO ACADEMIC SCHOOL, 120 WERE SERVED, 109 GRADUATED, 50 WERE EMPLOYED, 59 WERE AWAITING PAROLE, AND 120 WERE AWAITING TRAINING. A DESCRIPTIVE REPORT COVERS (1) RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION, (2) TESTING PROCEDURES, (3) PREVOCATIONAL TRAINING, (4) THE USE OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION, AND (5) THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAMED INSTRUCTION WHICH INCLUDES AN EXPLANATION OF MATHETICAL PROGRAMING TECHNIQUES, EXAMPLES OF MATHETICAL COMPARED WITH LINEAR AND BRANCHING PROGRAMS, AND A DESCRIPTION OF MATHETICS USED IN PREPARING LOCAL PROGRAMED MATERIALS BY INMATES IN A VOCATIONAL COURSE FOR TECHNICAL WRITERS, (6) FIELD TESTING PROGRAMED MATERIALS, (7) EXPERIMENTS IN PROGRAMING MATERIALS, (8) MOTIVATION, (9) JOB DEVELOPMENT AND PLACEMENT, (10) COUNSELING, (11) PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE COOPERATIVE STUDENTS IN COUNSELOR TRAINING, (12) SAMPLE QUESTIONNAIRES USED IN GRADUATE FOLLOWUP STUDIES, (13) COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT, AND (14) PROCEDURES FOR PROJECT EVALUATION. (EM)

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